BARRINGTON C. HIBBERT OF PATTERSON ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD

TO: ALL NEWS MEDIA

FROM: ACTING BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR GURBIR S. GREWAL

DATE: OCTOBER 5, 2016

Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. GREWAL announced the arrest of 36- year-old BARRINGTON C. HIBBERT of Paterson, New Jersey on charges of Aggravated Sexual Assault and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The arrest came about as the result of a joint investigation conducted by members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit, under the direction of Officer-in-Charge, Deputy Chief Robert ANZILOTTI, and the Paramus Police Department, under the direction of Chief Kenneth R. EHRENBERG.

On Thursday, September 29, 2016, the Paramus Police Department received a report of a juvenile female that had been touched inappropriately in Paramus, N.J. by Barrington C. HIBBERT. The Paramus Police Department notified the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Special Victims Unit and a joint investigation ensued.

As a result of interviews and the investigation, Barrington C. HIBBERT was arrested and charged with one count of Aggravated Sexual Assault, 2C:14-2a(2)(C), a 1st degree crime and Endangering the Welfare of a Child, 2C:24-4a, a 2nd degree crime. The Honorable Margeret M. Foti, J.S.C. of Bergen County set bail at $250,000.00 with no ten percent option. As conditions of bail, Barrington C. HIBBERT is to have no contact with the victim or victim’s family and must surrender his passport. He was remanded to the Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail. He is scheduled to appear in Bergen County Central Judicial Processing Court for a first appearance on Friday, October 14, 2016 at 8:30 a.m.

Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Grewal states that these charges are merely accusations and that the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and would also like to thank the Paramus Police Department for their assistance in this investigation.